MERRILL, WI (WSAU-WXPR) – Nearly 1-million kids have been vaccinated against COVID-19 since the it became available to them earlier this month.
A Pfizer vaccine is approved for kids 5 to 11.
The Lincoln County Health Department has not been one of the providers administering those doses.
Jennifer Johnson is the department’s immunization lead and public health nurse. “We don’t have the resources to run clinics today, even though that’s something we would really like to do.”
Johnson says there’s several factors delaying their ability to start vaccine clinics for kids. They’re doing booster clinics right now. High COVID-19 cases levels in the county right now means staff is busy with contract tracing. And there are non-covid related duties they need to see to.
Johnson says it will also take a bit of time to get the staff trained on this vaccine. “We know how important it is. It’s a new age group and with that there’s different storage and handling with the vaccine and different amounts, doses. All of that logistics is very, very important.”
While the Lincoln County Health Department is not doing pediatric vaccinations against COVID yet, other providers are.
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